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| JANE WINETEER |
It’s always hard to lose a friend, especially someone who spends five days out of a week at your side as a fellow co-worker. When it happens you want to hold on to memories and turn the loss into something meaningful.
Such was the case when Sandhills Family Center’s Jane Wineteer passed away in February of this year after a short battle fighting Inflammatory Breast Tissue Cancer, a rarer form of breast cancer that is very aggressive.
“Jane was diagnosed in March of 2006,” her friend and fellow Coding/Billing employee Deb Moore recalled. “It all happened so fast.”
Moore, Bette Gerlach and Rhonda Lyman were all visiting Jane one day, “when she commented on how much time she spent trying to find out what her options were in fighting this type of cancer, ranging from conversations with her doctor to phone calls and long Internet searches,” Moore said. “And that’s how the idea for Jane’s Closet got started.”
She and other friends of Jane wanted to provide a resource center for others diagnosed with the dreaded “C” word that would provide essential information in a variety of categories. “Jane spent a lot of time on her own trying to find out where to go, what her best options were,” Moore said. “She didn’t want other people to go through the same thing she went through trying to gather all of that.” Jane felt so strongly about it, she had a portion of her life insurance benefit dedicated to establishing the Jane’s Closet program.
“We wanted to compile all that information for others diagnosed with cancer so they didn’t have to do the same. And we didn’t want to limit that information to just one form of cancer, but provide resources for as many forms of the disease as we could,” Moore said.
The result so far is a large notebook full of information on hospitals that specialize in various oncology treatments, how to choose your specialist, as well as other resources a cancer patient and their doctor would find helpful.
“We are also going to put together care baskets filled with items that will help someone to be more comfortable while going through chemotherapy, again from examples Jane gave us on side effects she experienced,” she explained, “such as dry skin, dry mouth, nausea, etc.”
There have been several donations received to help fund Jane’s Closet, all of which are very much appreciated, according to the group of friends and relatives involved in the project. The latest donation was $150 from Box Butte County Family Focus.
“Right now, we just have to come up with a location here at the hospital, or in the new Medical Arts Plaza, where we can display Jane’s Closet for other people’s use,” Moore said. She added anyone wanting a personal notebook they can take home with them can do so just by asking. One will be made available upon request.
Helping with the Jane’s Closet project are: Jamie Wineteer, Lori Mazanec, Tracy Jatczak, Mary Goodell, Tracey Morgan, Hilary Gomez, Bette Gerlach, Deb Moore, Rhonda Lyman, Brittney Bauer and Sharon Groskopf.
Those wishing to have more information or who wish to help fund the project with donations may call Sandhills Family Center at 762-7244.
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